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PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.

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PATENT Patented June 23, 1903.

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PHILIP YON, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent N 0. 731,650, dated June 23, 1903. Application filed February 11, 1903. Serial No. 142,892. (No model.)

. To all whom, it may concern."

Be it known that I, PHILIP YON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsfield, county of Berkshire, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Shoes, of

which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings represent- My invention is a shoe, being particularly intended for a boys shoe or school shoe,where great strength and durability are required.

My invention is applied to the kind of shoe known in the trade as bluchers. These shoes are ordinarily madewith a top com posed of three or more pieces of leather, the front edges of the quarters or top being connected to the rear edges of the vamp by a seam eX- tending between the shank and instep, the

edges of the top at the lacing-openin g extending toward each other as loose flaps to be laced over a tongue.

According to my invention I provide a double vamp of leather or two thicknesses at the forward portion of the upper, together with a, tip and tongue combined in a practically one piece blucher form of shoe, the parts being interlocked in such manner as to give bracing effect at the lacing-flap, preventing liability of the latter tearing, doing away with all exposed seams, so that there is no shank-seam whatever to rip open, and the shoe is perfectly smooth inside and not having any seams at or adjacent the lacing-opening it is more pliable thereat for this reason.

The constructional details of the invention will be pointed out in the course of the following description, and further advantages will be set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which I have shown a preferredembodiment of the invention. i r

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows in perspective view a shoe constructed according to my invention.

plan of atoe-pieceused with the shoe of Fig,

Figs. 2, 3, and 4c are views in I plan of the patterns or portions of the shoe be- 5. Fig. 7 is a view in side elevation of a shoe partly formed.

One object of my invention'is to provide great strength and durability, and to this end I aim to prevent having any exposed seams,

lacing-opening to the front end of the toe.

Viewing Figs. 1 to 4, it will be seen that the shoe has a top a, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) which instead of terminating at the shank, as has been done heretofore in blucher shoes, extends beyond the ends of the flaps a to the toe of the shoe, as shown at a Fig. 2, this -portion of the leather having a width permitting the meeting edges a thereof to be seamed together beyond the lacing-opening and separated from the flaps a of said opening by an incision a at the opposite sides of the shoe. The toe-vamp or front part of the shoe a (see Fig. 3) is cut out, as indicated at a, to interlock with the upper a at the incisions a and has rearwardly-extending ends a to overlap against the leather of the upper adjacent the shank of the shoe, an intermediate tongue portion or stub a extending upwardly beneath the lacing-flaps a, or, if desired, instead of having this terminate as a stub it may continue as a tongue to the top of the shoe, although for the sake of economy in cutting the leather I prefer to employ a separate tongue a. This toe-vamp obviates the necessity of having atop; but in order to conform to the prevailing style in appearance I preferably provide a row of stitches a or other 01'- namental demarcation for making the toe end of the part a appear like an ordinary tip. The edges c are stitched together to' form a seam a which, it will be seen from Fig. 1, is entirely concealed by the smooth vamp-piece a and the latter is simply stitched down against the upper a from the interlocking point a around to the sole at the shank, as indicated at a, thereby giving the appear ance of the usual seam without, however, hav= ance of the superposed leather, so that it can- 04 By having the parts interlocked at the:

meeting points of the cuts a a the lacingflap is braced or given the additional resistnot tear out because of this reinforcing or strengthening given to it by the overlying toe-piece or vamp portion 0?. The intermediate extension 0 being unseamed and smooth prevents the liability of any rain dripping from the boys trousers to enter, and makes a better and stronger joint.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a slightlymodified construction which does not require quite as much leather, the saidconstruction having small interlocking or overlapping ends a instead of the longer ends a and being cut out at 0, so as to give a more ornamental appearance and make the vamp-piece resemble a fancy toe-tip, while still accomplishing in general the purposes of providing a double half-vamp, concealing the seamand reinforcing and strengthening the lacing-flaps, base of the tongue, and interlockingportions.

WVithout undertaking to set forth all the modifications and variations of form and arrangement which may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of my invention I wish it understood that I do not limit the latter to the details set forth nor otherwise than is expressed herein and in the claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United'States, is-

1. A shoe, having an upper provided with ends projecting forward to the toe and lacin flaps separated therefrom by incisions, and a toe-vamp extending to the sole about the entire toe part of the shoe forward of the shank thereof covering said entire portion of the upper, and provided with a narrow tongue portion a extending upwardly between and beneath the lacing-flaps, the base of said tongue portion engaging the bases of said lacing-flaps.

2. A shoe, having an upper provided with ends projecting forward to the toe and lacingflaps separated therefrom by incisions, combined with a toe-vamp extending over and concealing the forward ends of said upper and provided with incisions, interlocking at the ends of said flaps with said upper for reinforcing the same and providing a double thick ness of leather at the forward portion of the shoe.

3. A shoe, having an upper integral and seamless throughout the shank portion thereof and provided with projecting lacing-flaps, said upper having a portion thereof extending forward over the toe part of the shoe, and a toe-vamp extending back from the toe to the lacing-opening and provided with rearwardlyprojecting ends embracing said lacing-flaps at the base thereof, where said flaps project from the said seamless region of'the upper.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PHILIP YON.

Witnesses:

HpO. WARNER, F. H. FRANCIS. 

